Hillsboro, Cornelius and Beaverton all rank in the top 10 Oregon cities for federal immigration arrests per capita, according to The Oregonian/OregonLive's analysis of Deportation Data Project data covering Jan. 1, 2025, through Aug. 5, 2026.

Cornelius ranked second statewide with about 24 arrests per 10,000 residents. Beaverton ranked third with about 20 per 10,000. Across Oregon, 2,472 arrests were logged during that period, eight times the roughly 300 made during the final two years of the Biden administration, the Oregon Capital Chronicle reported.

An increasing share of those arrested have no criminal record. In June, about 57% of those detained in Oregon had no criminal history, according to The Oregonian's analysis. By July, that figure climbed to nearly 79%. Only three people arrested in June and two in July had been convicted of violent crimes.

One arrest drew attention 30 miles south of Hillsboro. Juan Miguel Aldape-Palacios, a father of three whose family said they had lived in Newberg for 22 years, was detained Aug. 24 while buying construction supplies at a Lowe's in McMinnville, the Statesman Journal reported. Plainclothes, masked agents in unmarked vehicles approached him around 7:45 a.m. He was not presented with a judicial warrant, according to Ximena Van Dyke, rapid response coordinator for Unidos Bridging Community.

Aldape-Palacios was taken to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, then transferred to Louisiana without his family's knowledge. He vanished from the federal detainee locator. His sister traveled to Louisiana and saw him Aug. 29. She described him as appearing to be in shock and unable to recognize her.

His family last spoke with him Aug. 31.

More than 65 people gathered Sept. 3 at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg to support Aldape-Palacios and a second detained man, Woodburn pastor Fidel Cordero Garcia. Yamhill County Commissioner Bubba King told the crowd the arrests ripple beyond the people taken into custody.

"It affects kids' mental health and ability to go to school," King said at the Sept. 3 gathering, as reported by KGW. "They're afraid of if mom, dad or abuela is going to be home when I get home."

That fear has reached Hillsboro classrooms. In April, Hillsboro High School administrator Molly Sehring told the Hillsboro Globe that enforcement near schools creates a culture of fear and that declining enrollment cuts into budgets and staffing. Guidance counselor Brian Ketner said some students showed increased stress tied to ICE activity.

Washington County deputies have also received four federal judicial warrants to arrest people at or near the Hillsboro courthouse, according to Patch's summary of a Statesman Journal report.

Rep. Andrea Salinas, a Democrat representing Oregon's 6th Congressional District, which includes Washington County, said July 29 that arrests had been rising in Yamhill, Marion and Washington counties. An ICE spokesperson told KGW that the "Big Beautiful Bill" allowed the agency to hire 12,000 additional agents, a 120% workforce increase.

Salinas' office said it is working with Unidos Bridging Community, the ACLU of Louisiana and Louisiana lawmakers to help Aldape-Palacios reach legal counsel. KGW reported that the Department of Homeland Security had not responded to requests for comment on the arrest data or his case.

Immigration attorneys at Innovation Law Lab have asked a federal judge to enforce a court order barring warrantless ICE arrests in Oregon. No hearing date has been set.